Pseudonym |
Real name |
Notability |
Notes |
Abel Djassi |
Amílcar Cabral |
Guinea-Bissauan politician |
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ABOVE |
Tavar Zawacki |
American abstract artist |
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Abu Ammar |
Yasser Arafat |
Palestinian president |
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Abu Obaida |
Hudayfa Samir Abdallah al-Kahlout (alleged by the United States) |
Spokesperson of Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades |
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Acharya S |
Dorothy Milne Murdock |
American Christ myth theorist |
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Adam Ant |
Stuart Goddard |
English Pop Musician |
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Adi Da |
Franklin Jones |
American writer |
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Al "Bummy" Davis |
Abraham Davidoff |
American boxer |
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Alexander Supertramp |
Christopher McCandless |
American hiker |
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Allan Kardec |
Hippolyte Rivail |
American religious figure |
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Amor de Cosmos |
William Smith |
2nd premier of British Columbia, Canada |
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Anarchasis Cloots |
Jean-Baptiste du Val-de-Grâce |
Prussian-French noble |
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Anthony Garotinho |
Anthony Matheus de Oliveira |
Brazilian broadcaster, politician, and criminal |
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Aristides |
William Lloyd Garrison |
American activist and journalist |
|
Arkan |
Željko Ražnatović |
Serbian soldier and criminal |
|
Armin S. |
(unknown) |
German financier |
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Ary Ecilaw |
Alexandrine Countess von Hutten-Czapska |
Polish novelist |
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Avicii |
Tim Bergling |
Swedish pop artist |
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Baby Face George Nelson |
Lester Gillis |
American criminal |
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Balthus |
Balthazar Klossowski de Rola |
French painter |
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Banksy |
(unknown) |
England-based street artist, political activist, and film director |
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Barefoot Bandit |
Colton Harris-Moore |
American former fugitive |
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Basshunter |
Jonas Altberg |
Swedish singer, record producer, songwriter and DJ |
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Bernard Shakey |
Neil Young |
Canadian musician |
|
Bhanusimha |
Rabindranath Tagore |
Poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer and painter |
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Billy the Kid |
Henry McCarty |
American criminal |
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Black Bart |
Charles Bowles |
English-American criminal |
|
Bob Denard |
Gilbert Bourgeaud |
French mercenary |
|
Bono |
Paul Hewson |
Lead singer, U2 |
|
Bór |
Tadeusz Komorowski |
Polish soldier |
|
Borelowski |
Michał Grażyński |
President of Związek Harcerstwa Polskiego |
|
Bramantino |
Bartolomeo Suardi |
Italian painter |
|
Brother Andre |
André Bessette |
Canadian priest and saint |
|
BTK |
Dennis Rader |
American serial killer |
|
Bugsy Siegel |
Benjamin Siegelbaum |
American criminal |
|
Butch Cassidy |
Robert Parker |
American criminal |
|
Cafu |
Marcos Evangelista de Moraes |
Brazilian footballer |
|
Caligula |
Gajus Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus |
Roman emperor |
|
Calvin Harris |
Adam Richard Wiles |
Scottish DJ and Record Producer |
|
Canaletto |
Giovanni Canale |
Italian painter |
|
Caravaggio |
Michelangelo Merisi |
Italian painter |
|
Careca |
Antônio de Oliveira Filho |
Brazilian footballer |
Carlos Danger |
Anthony Weiner |
United States Congressperson |
|
Carlos the Jackal |
Ilich Ramírez-Sánchez |
Terrorist |
|
Caroline Marbouty |
Claire Brunne |
French writer |
|
Cassandre |
Adolphe Mouron |
French painter |
|
Celestilian |
Ruben Torke |
German author |
|
Chad Ochocinco |
Chad Johnson |
American footballer |
|
Cigoli |
Lodovico Cardi |
Italian painter |
|
Coco Chanel |
Gabrielle Chanel |
Fashion designer |
|
Colonel Tom Parker |
Andreas van Kuijk |
Musical entrepreneur |
|
Coldmirror |
Kathrin Fricke |
Youtube creator |
|
DAIM |
Mirko Reisser |
Graffiti artist |
|
Darius Paul Dassault |
Darius Paul Bloch |
French general |
|
D.B. Cooper |
Unknown |
American criminal |
aka Dan Cooper |
|
Deco |
Anderson Luiz de Sousa |
Footballer |
|
Dick Tiger |
Richard Ihetu |
Nigerian boxer |
|
Dida |
Nélson de Jesus Silva |
Brazilian former footballer |
|
Doctor Ch@os |
Joseph Konopka |
American terrorist |
|
Donatello |
Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi |
Italian Renaissance sculptor |
|
Dosso Dossi |
Giovanni di Niccolò de Luteri |
Italian painter |
|
Duda |
Sérgio Paulo Barbosa Valente |
Portuguese footballer |
|
Dutch Schultz |
Arthur Flegenheimer |
American mobster |
|
El Greco |
Dominikos Theotokópulos |
Greek painter |
|
Elizabeth Arden |
Florence Graham |
Canadian-American businesswoman |
|
Emmanuel Goldstein |
Eric Corley |
Hacker |
|
Erté |
Romain de Tirtoff |
French artist and designer |
|
Estée Lauder |
Josephine Mentzer |
American businesswoman |
|
Francis of Assisi |
Giovanni di Bernardone |
Italian Catholic saint |
|
Francisco "Pancho" Villa |
José Arango Arámbula |
Mexican revolutionary general and politician |
|
Frank Costello |
Francesco Castiglia |
Italian-American mobster |
|
Frank Talk |
Stephen Biko |
Activist |
|
Friedensreich Hundertwasser |
Friedrich Stowasser |
Visual artist |
|
Garrincha |
Manuel Francisco dos Santos |
Brazilian footballer |
|
Garry Kasparov |
Garik Weinstein |
Russian chess grandmaster, political activist and writer |
|
Geki |
Giacomo Russo |
Italian racing driver |
|
Germain |
Ernest Mandel |
Belgian economist and Marxist philosopher |
|
Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej |
Gheorge Gheorghiu |
Former General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party |
|
Gimax |
Carlo Franchi |
Italian racing driver |
|
Giorgione |
Giorgio da Castelfranco |
Italian painter |
|
Giottino |
Maso di Stefano |
Italian painter |
|
Grabica; Grot; Kalina |
Stefan Rowecki |
Polish general |
|
Gracchus Babeuf |
François-Noël Babeuf |
French political agitator and journalist |
|
Green River Killer |
Gary Ridgway |
American serial killer |
|
Grigory Zinoviev |
Ovsel Radymyslsky |
Russian revolutionary and Soviet politician |
|
Grzegorz |
Tadeusz Pełczyński |
Polish army major general |
|
Gus Hall |
Arvo Halberg |
Former General Secretary of Communist Party USA |
|
H. Rap Brown |
Hubert Gerold Brown |
Activist |
|
Halston |
Roy Halston Frowick |
American fashion designer |
|
Happy Face Killer |
Keith Hunter Jesperson |
Canadian-American serial killer |
|
He hate me |
Rod Smart |
American gridiron football player |
|
Hellé Nice |
Mariette Hélène Delangle |
French racing car driver |
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Henri Cornet |
Henri Jaudry |
French cyclist |
|
Henriett Seth F. |
Henrietta Fajcsák[1] |
Hungarian artist and autistic savant |
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Henry Arundel |
Henry Fitzalan-Howard |
British racing driver |
|
Ho Chi Minh |
Nguyễn Sinh Cung |
Vietnamese communist leader |
|
Houari Boumédiène |
Mohamed Boukharouba |
Former president of Algeria |
|
Hubal |
Henryk Dobrzański |
Polish army commander |
|
I-5 Killer |
Randall Woodfield |
American serial killer and rapist |
|
Iceman |
Richard Kuklinski |
American criminal |
|
Il Garofalo |
Benvenuto Tisi |
Italian painter |
|
Il Pordenone |
Giovanni Licinio |
Italian painter |
|
Il Sodoma |
Giovanni Bazzi |
Italian Renaissance painter |
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Kim Il Sung |
Song-ju Kim |
Former leader of North Korea |
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Ingahild Grathmer |
Margrethe II of Denmark |
Illustrator |
She illustrated The Lord of the Rings under this pseudonym. |
J. Krzemień |
Florian Marciniak |
First Chief Scout in the Gray Ranks |
|
J. Posadas |
Homero Cristali |
Italian-Argentine Trotskyist revolutionary |
|
J.J. Lehto |
Jyrki Järvilehto |
Finnish racing driver |
|
János Kádár |
János Csermanek |
Former leader of Hungary |
|
Jean Jérome |
Michel Feintuch |
French Communist Activist |
|
Jieshi Jiang |
Chiang Kai-shek |
Chinese politician and military leader |
|
Jil Sander |
Heidemarie Jiline Sander |
German fashion designer |
|
Jim McKay |
James McManus |
American television sports journalist |
|
Jimmy Choo |
Choo Yeang Keat |
Malaysian-born fashion designer |
|
Joe Louis |
Joseph Louis Barrow |
American boxer |
|
Joel Ash |
David Padwa |
Author |
|
John of God |
João Teixeira de Faria |
Brazilian faith healer |
|
John Winter |
Louis Krages |
German racing driver |
|
Johnny Dumfries |
John Crichton-Stuart |
British racing driver |
|
Josef Stalin |
Ioseb Dzhugashvili |
Former leader of the Soviet Union |
|
Joseph Estrada |
Joseph Ejército |
Former president of the Philippines |
|
Joseph of Cupertino |
Giuseppe Desa |
Italian Franciscan friar |
|
Josip Broz Tito |
Josip Broz |
Former leader of Yugoslavia |
|
Juice WRLD |
Jarad Anthony Higgins |
American rapper |
|
Kaká |
Ricardo dos Santos Leite |
Brazilian footballer |
|
Karl Lagerfeld |
Karl Lagerfeldt |
German fashion designer |
|
Kaws |
Brian Donnelly |
American artist and designer |
|
Khaosai Galaxy |
Sura Saenkham |
Thai boxer and kickboxer |
|
Kid McCoy |
Norman Selby |
American boxer |
|
Korczak |
Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski |
Polish military leader |
|
Kouji Takanohara |
Kouji Hanada |
Sumo Wrestler |
|
Kuba |
Jakub Błaszczykowski |
Polish footballer |
|
Lawina |
Tadeusz Komorowski |
Polish military leader |
|
La Pasionaria |
Dolores Ibárruri |
Former leader of the Communist Party of Spain |
|
Le Corbusier |
Charles-Édouard Jeanneret |
Swiss-French architect |
|
Leclerc |
Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque |
French general |
|
Legija |
Milorad Ulemek |
Serbian military commander and criminal |
|
Leon Trotsky |
Lev Bronstein |
Russian Marxist revolutionary |
|
Lev Kamenev |
Lev Rosenfeld |
Bolshevik revolutionary and Soviet politician |
|
Lo Spagna |
Giovanni di Petra |
Italian painter |
|
Lucien Petit-Breton |
Lucien Mazan |
French cyclist |
|
Lucky Luciano |
Salvatore Lucania |
Italian-American mobster |
|
Machine Gun Kelly |
George Barnes |
American gangster |
|
Madeon |
Hugo Pierre Leclercq |
French musician |
|
Madame Fraya |
Valentine Dencausse |
French chiromancer |
|
Madame de Thèbes |
Anne-Victorine Savigny / Matylda Průšová |
French (Savigny) / Czech (Průšová) fortunetellers |
|
Mahatma Gandhi |
Mohandas Gandhi |
Indian independence activist |
|
Malaclypse the Younger |
Gregory Hill |
American writer and co-founder of Discordianism |
|
Man Ray |
Emmanuel Radnitzky |
American visual artist and photographer |
|
Manolo Blahnik |
Manuel Blahnik Rodriguez |
Spanish fashion designer |
|
Marc Chagall |
Moishe Shagall |
Belarusian-French artist |
|
Marc Ecko |
Marc Milecofsky |
American fashion designer |
|
Mark Rothko |
Marcus Rothkowitz |
Abstract painter |
|
Mark Twain |
Samuel Clemens |
American Novelist/Humorist |
|
Martin Thembisile Hani |
Chris Hani |
Anti-apartheid activist |
|
Masaccio |
Tommaso Cassai |
Italian Renaissance painter |
|
Masaru Wakanohara |
Masaru Hanada |
Japanese sumo wrestler |
|
Mata Amritanandamayi |
Sudhamani |
Indian Hindu spiritual leader |
|
Mata Hari |
Margaretha MacLeod |
Dutch courtesan and spy |
|
Max Factor Jr. |
Maksymilian Faktorowicz |
American businessperson |
|
Meyer Lansky |
Meyer Suchowljansky |
Russian-American gangster |
|
Michael Fenne |
David Kim Stanley |
Founder of Pixelon |
|
Míchel |
José Miguel González Martín del Campo |
Spaniard footballer |
|
Michel Pablo |
Michel Raptis |
Egyptian-Greek activist |
|
Miss Cleo |
Youree Harris |
American television psychic |
|
Miu Miu |
Miuccia Prada |
Italian fashion designer |
|
Mo Martin |
Melissa Martin |
American golfer |
|
Monter |
Antoni Chruściel |
Polish military officer |
|
Moses David |
David Berg |
American cultist |
|
Mother Angelica |
Rita Rizzo |
American nun |
|
Mother Jones |
Mary Jones |
Irish-American activist |
|
Mother Teresa |
Agnes Bojaxhiu |
Albanian nun |
|
Mr. Baldy |
Brian Keith Jones |
Australian criminal |
|
Mr. Death |
Dennis Allen |
Australian criminal |
|
Mr. Rent-a-Kill |
Christopher Flannery |
Australian assassin |
|
Mr. Stinky |
Raymund Edmunds |
Australian murderer |
|
Murph the Surf |
Jack Murphy |
American murderer |
|
Murray the Hump |
Murray Humphreys |
American criminal |
|
Mutilator |
William McDonald |
Serial Killer |
|
Nahuel Moreno |
Hugo Bressano |
Argentinian politician |
|
Nenê |
Maybyner Rodney Hilário |
Brazilian basketballer |
|
Niedźwiadek |
Leopold Okulicki |
Polish general |
|
Night Stalker |
Richard Ramirez |
American serial killer |
|
Nil |
August Emil Fieldorf |
Polish brigadier general |
|
Notch |
Markus Persson |
Swedish former game programmer |
|
Omar Khayyam Ravenhurst |
Kerry Wendell Thornley |
American author |
|
Orsza |
Stanisław Broniewski |
Polish economist and soldier |
|
Paco Rabanne |
Francisco Rabanedo Cuervo |
Basque fashion designer |
|
Padre Pio |
Francesco Forgione |
Italian priest and mystic |
|
Papa Doc |
François Duvalier |
President of Haiti |
|
Parmigianino |
Girolamo Mazzola |
Italian printmaker and painter |
|
Pelé |
Edson Arantes do Nascimento |
Brazilian footballer |
|
Phoenix Jones |
Benjamin Fodor |
American vigilante and martial artist |
|
Pierre Delecto |
Mitt Romney |
Former United States Senator |
He used the pseudonym on twitter.[2] |
Pierre Levegh |
Pierre Bouillin |
French auto racer |
|
Pink |
Alecia Moore |
American pop musician |
|
Pisanello |
Antonio Pisano |
Italian sculptor and painter |
|
Pol Pot |
Saloth Sar |
Cambodian politician and murderer |
|
Ponury |
Jan Piwnik |
Polish soldier |
|
Postcard Bandit |
Brenden Abbott |
Australian robber |
|
Prachanda |
Pushpa Kamal Dahal |
Former prime minister of Nepal |
|
Radosław |
Jan Mazurkiewicz |
Polish soldier |
|
Rakoń |
Stefan Rowecki |
Polish general and journalist |
|
Ram Dass |
Richard Alpert |
American religious leader |
|
Raphael |
Raffaello da Urbino |
Italian painter and architect |
|
Raymond Kopa |
Raymond Kopaszewski |
French footballer |
|
Red Baron |
Manfred von Richthofen |
German soldier |
|
Ricco |
Erich Wassmer |
Swiss painter |
|
Rivaldo |
Vitor Borba Ferreira |
Brazilian footballer |
|
Rocket Ismail |
Raghib Ismail |
American football player |
|
Rocky Marciano |
Rocco Marchegiano |
American boxer |
|
ROJO |
David Quiles Guilló |
Artist |
|
Ronaldinho |
Ronaldo de Assis Moreira |
Brazilian footballer |
|
Ronaldo |
Ronaldo Nazário de Lima |
Brazilian footballer |
|
Ronwaldo Reyes |
Fernando Poe Jr. |
Filipino actor, director, and politician |
|
Saïd Moustapha Mahdjoub |
Gilbert Bourgeaud |
French mercenary |
|
SAMO |
Jean-Michel Basquiat |
American artist |
|
Sara Jane Olson |
Kathleen Soliah |
American robber |
|
Sathya Sai Baba |
Sathya Narayana Raju |
Indian guru |
|
Satoshi Nakamato |
(unknown) |
Inventor of Bitcoin |
|
Sister Dora |
Dorothy Pattison |
English nun |
|
Son of Sam |
David Berkowitz |
American serial killer |
|
Spy |
Leslie Ward |
British artist |
|
Stanley Ketchel |
Stanislaus Kiecal |
American boxer |
|
Student |
William Sealy Gosset |
British statistician |
|
Sugar Ray Robinson |
Walker Smith Jr. |
American boxer |
|
Sundance Kid |
Harry Longabaugh |
American robber |
|
Suso |
Jesús Fernandez Sáez |
Spaniard footballer |
|
Swami Vivekananda |
Narandranath Dutta |
Indian monk and philosopher |
|
Swoon |
Caledonia Curry |
American graffiti artist |
|
Taras Chuprynka |
Roman Shukhevych |
Leader of Ukrainian Insurgent Army |
|
Ted Grant |
Isaac Blank |
South African-British activist |
|
The Edge |
David Evans |
Lead guitarist, U2 |
|
Thérèse of Lisieux |
Marie-Françoise-Thérèse Martin |
French nun and saint |
|
Tiger Woods |
Eldrick Woods |
American golfer |
|
Tintoretto |
Jacopo Robusti |
Italian painter |
|
Titian |
Tiziano Vecelli |
Italian painter |
|
Tom of Finland |
Touko Laaksonen |
Finnish visual artist |
|
Tony Cliff |
Yigael Glückstein |
Israeli-English activist |
|
Tony Zale |
Anthony Zaleski |
American boxer |
|
Tristán Marof |
Gustavo Navarro |
Bolivian activist |
|
Ulay |
Frank Uwe Leysiepen |
German artist |
|
Unabomber |
Ted Kaczynski |
American serial killer |
|
Utisz |
István Orosz |
Hungarian visual artist |
|
VaGla |
Piotr Waglowski |
Polish activist |
|
Vecchietta |
Francesco di Giorgio e di Lorenzo |
Italian painter |
|
Viktor Suvorov |
Vladimir Rezun |
Russian-British Soviet defector and author |
|
Vladimir Lenin |
Vladimir Ulyanov |
1st head of the Soviet Union |
|
VLEZ |
Claudio Ribeiro Velez |
Artist - Architect |
|
Voltaire |
François-Marie Arouet |
French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher |
|
Vyacheslav Molotov |
Vyacheslav Skryabin |
Russian politician |
|
Waxey Gordon |
Irving Wexler |
American gangster |
|
WhoIsParadise |
Marcus Dawes |
British-American musician and activist |
|
Wilk |
Aleksander Krzyżanowski |
Polish soldier |
|
William Andersen |
Christian Wilhelm Allers |
French cricketeer |
|
William Rabbit |
Katay Don Sasorith |
8th prime minister of Laos |
|
Willy Brandt |
Herbert Frahm |
Chancellor of Germany |
|
Xanana Gusmão |
José Alexandre Gusmão |
3rd prime minister of Timor-Leste |
|
Yorkshire Ripper |
Peter Sutcliffe |
English serial killer |
|
XXXTentacion |
Jahseh Dwayne Ricardo Onfroy |
American rapper |
|
Ye |
Kanye Omari West |
American rapper |
He often used the mononym during the late 2010s, even naming an album as such, although he legally changed his name to "Ye" in October 2021. |
Zico |
Arthur Antunes Coimbra |
Brazilian footballer and manager |
|
Znicz |
Tadeusz Komorowski |
Polish soldier |
|
Zośka |
Tadeusz Zawadzki |
Polish soldier |
|